r/dataisbeautiful • u/TA-MajestyPalm • 4d ago

OC [OC] Post-Pandemic Population Growth Trends, by US Metro Area (2022->2024)

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Graphic by me, created in Excel. All data from US Census here: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html

I've created similar graphics in the past, but usually from 2020-2024. This is not the best time frame as it combines the abnormal covid years with post pandemic movement.

This time frame (2022-2024) shows the most current and ongoing population trends of the last 2 years.

I also wanted to better categorize the cities into broad cultural regions vs the arbitrary geographic census regions.

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u/asdf072 3d ago

Ugh. As someone who grew up near Orlando, this new wave of people is the absolute worst. They're trying to escape the crappy conditions of their home town, but just end up dragging it all down here.

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u/rubenthecuban3 3d ago

i've heard this before. true question. can you elaborate what "crappy conditions" they are "dragging it all down here"? like politics? or their outlook or character?

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u/boneydog22 3d ago

Trump flags at the beach is one. They come here thinking we’re all fans and want to see that at the beach??? Their character is as good of quality as the sweatshop fabric used to make their shitty little banners.

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u/gsfgf 3d ago

And DeSantis is actively marketing Florida to MAGAs. Meanwhile MAGAs think Atlanta is scary, so we don't get it near as bad. Or they're at least all the way up in Forsyth County.

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u/Temporary-Light9189 3d ago

That’s what I don’t understand at all, why come here at all if you’re going to try to make it like where you fled from, it’s like people can’t comprehend that they themselves also contribute to the total attitude of the city

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u/gsfgf 3d ago

With Florida, it's mostly MAGAs from blue areas coming because, at least government-wise, Florida is super MAGA friendly.

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u/theoutlet 3d ago edited 3d ago

It’s funny because here in AZ we have transplants complaining about people moving here from CA wanting to make it like CA

And me, an AZ native with family going back generations, I just laugh. This shitty, “Don’t CA my AZ” isn’t a native position. It’s a transplant position

People move here expecting AZ to be the old west and have the politics to match

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u/AIFlesh 3d ago

Just to be clear - we still think you’re racist bumpkins. It’s just now racist bumpkins from the other parts of the country are moving in to be with like minded folks.

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u/Content_Preference_3 2d ago

Then why have state politics moved right?

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u/Economy-Ad4934 3d ago

Kinda like when the first american settlers escaped europe due to "religious persecution" but they really just wanted more extreme religion so they booted all the natives in order to create a overly religious country.

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u/Temporary-Light9189 3d ago

Exactly, I don’t understand the choice to be cruel to others

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u/flakemasterflake 3d ago

why come here at all if you’re going to try to make it like where you fled from,

Bc they like where they're from (NY) they just can't afford it

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u/ElJanitorFrank 3d ago

This is why voting works, in a way.

You don't understand how ONE person moving somewhere makes any sense? There's a plethora of reasons they could be going, perhaps a general driving force of some kind for a large wave of migration - but the one guy who wants to move here for one reason or another isn't the sole cause of all that.

You don't understand how ONE vote makes any sense? There's a plethora of reasons they could be voting, perhaps a general driving force of some kind for a large increase of voters - but the one guy who wants to vote for one reason or another isn't the sole decider of the outcome.

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u/Temporary-Light9189 3d ago

Yea that’s not at all what I said

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u/ElJanitorFrank 3d ago

I'm just pointing out the analogy. You don't understand why somebody would move somewhere to make it like they came from? They aren't. They're going there because they got a job, or like the climate, or have relatives there, or liked it when they went to school in the area, or was stationed there, or even moved as part of an initiative to change it to be like where they're from. Then shit changed. There isn't some grand conspiracy or group consciously doing it.

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u/Temporary-Light9189 3d ago

What I mean is attitude, it’s not a matter of can or can’t it’s will or won’t. I was brought to Orlando for work from the north, and what I’ve noticed living here is that a lot of yankee transplants come with a bad attitude, rush, drive crazy, and take advantage of people. It’s a different style of life down here I’m not saying it’s the deep south but people aren’t as standoffish and it’s a bit slower so I guess what I’m saying is I don’t understand the choice to act like an asshole to neighbors and the people in your community when there is no need to, sure life sucks sometimes, people go through it, I know I have but I’ve never let myself take it out on others, and when I have I immediately correct it. But it’s not an excuse, it’s not can or can’t it’s will or won’t, it’s the mindset I don’t understand. EVERYBODY has the ability to chose to do the right thing.